A semi-automatic shotgun is a
repeating shotgun
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small ...
with a
semi-automatic action
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, i.e. capable of automatically chambering a new
shell
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after each firing, but requires individual trigger-pull to manually actuate each shot.
Semi-automatic shotguns use
gas operation
Gas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate locked breech, autoloading firearms. In gas-operation, a portion of high-pressure gas from the cartridge being fired is used to power a mechanism to dispose of the spent ...
,
blowback, or
recoil operation
Recoil operation is an operating mechanism used to implement locked-breech autoloading firearms. Recoil operated firearms use the energy of recoil to cycle the action, as opposed to gas operation or blowback operation using the pressure of th ...
to cycle the action, eject the empty shell, and load another round. The first semi-automatic shotgun was the
Automatic-5 by
Browning.
Many semi-automatic shotguns also provide an optional manual means of operation such as by
pump action
Pump action is a type of manual firearm action that is operated by moving a sliding handguard on the gun's forestock. When shooting, the sliding forend is pulled rearward to eject any expended cartridge and typically to cock the hammer or ...
or a
charging handle.
Examples
Notable semi-automatic shotguns include:
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Akdal MKA 1919
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Baikal MP-153
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Benelli M1014
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Beretta 1301
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Beretta AL391
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Beretta Xtrema 2
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Browning Auto-5
The Browning Automatic 5, most often Auto-5 or simply A-5, is a Recoil operation, recoil-operated semi-automatic shotgun designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. It was the first successful semi-automatic shotg ...
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Daewoo USAS-12
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Franchi Special Purpose Shotgun 12
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Franchi SPAS-15
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High Standard Model 10
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Ithaca Mag-10
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IWI Tavor TS12
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Mossberg 9200
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Mossberg 930
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Remington Model 1100
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Remington Model 11-87
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Remington Model SP-10
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Saiga-12 ("''Сайга-12''")
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Sjögren shotgun
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Smith & Wesson Model 1000
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SRM Arms Model 1216
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Vepr-12
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Walther interbellum semi-automatic
upright=1.5, An Ithaca Mag-10 shotgun
See also
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List of shotguns
Shotguns have traditionally fired iron, Rock (geology), stone or lead shot stored in large shells that are normally loaded.
See also
*Semi-automatic shotgun, Assault shotgun
*Automatic shotgun
*Combat shotgun
*List of bullpup firearms
*List ...
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List of semi-automatic shotguns
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Assault weapon
In the United States, ''assault weapon'' is a controversial term applied to different kinds of firearms. There is no clear, consistent definition. It can include semi-automatic firearms with a detachable magazine, a pistol grip, and sometime ...
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Automatic shotgun
An automatic shotgun is an automatic firearm that fires shotgun shells (thereby making it a shotgun) and uses some of the energy of each shot to automatically cycle the action and load a new round. It will fire repeatedly until the trigger is rel ...
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Personal defense weapon
Personal defense weapons (PDWs) are a class of compact, magazine-fed automatic firearms that are typically submachine guns designed to fire rifle-like cartridges. Most PDWs fire a small-caliber (generally less than in bullet diameter), high-velo ...
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Semi-automatic firearm
A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm ( fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a follo ...
References
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